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Direct microplastic exposure via foodstuff and food packaging - plastic leachables and their health effects (diMPex)´s Profile image

Direct microplastic exposure via foodstuff and food packaging - plastic leachables and their health effects (diMPex)

Project
Finished 01.09.2020 - 31.08.2024
Department of Technical Physics, Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology
Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences
School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences

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Main funder

Recearch Council

Funder: Academy of Finland

Leaders

The aim of the project is to study the effects of microplastics and plastic additives to human colonic microbiota. The study is conducted with in vitro methods, which model the human gastrointestinal tract: INFOGEST simulates salivary, gastric and intestinal phases, and colon fermentation model contains colonic microbes. The results will reveal possible changes in the structure of microplastics caused by conditions of the gastrointestinal tract, and release of plastic additives during human digestion. Moreover the effects to colonic microbiota are studied. In addition to the colon model, migration of microplastics from plastic packages is studied to estimate the oral exposure to microplastics.

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